Twelve days. Pure craziness.
140 Days…
Until we are on a plane to Costa Rica for language school, plus or minus a few days. Crazy, yes. Scary, definitely. Exciting, unbelievably.
Drowning…
At one point in my life, I was sailing the seas of cheese. Now I am drowning in a sea of Spanish. Today I began auditing two Spanish classes at ACU, both of which are taught by our team’s personal tutor, Señora Walker. I am auditing Intermediate Spanish and Survey of Latin American Literature; the first is taught in Spanish and English, the second purely in Spanish (today, I caught about 10% of what she said). Please pray for my language acquisition ability, my patience, and my sanity.
Post-Trip Report # 1
Mexico was fantastic! The city was neat, the food was great, but above all, the people were wonderful. Apparently, one of the biggest fruits of the Spirit at the church that we visited is patience, because they sure were patient with me.
The most popular phrase that the people said to me, other than “Dios le bendiga” (God bless you), was “Pocito a pocito” – “little by little.” In saying this, they meant that I was learning the language little by little. They would often say this, with a smile on their face, after I had completely butchered their language. Man, I have a long way to go!
Mexico
Oh baby, I am bound for Mexico. Lee and I are heading down to visit some of our southern neighbors on Friday, and we will return on Monday. The purpose of the trip is to encourage and teach a small congregation in Monclova, Mexico. In addition, it will be an excellent opportunity for me to improve my terrible Spanish. Please pray for the trip and for my growth in the Spanish language.
Necesito aprender mas espanol
As I sat in the dentist chair this morning, I was reminded of how little Spanish I know. Before I came in, my Columbian-born dentist had already decided that our conversation should only be in Spanish. But seeing as I could only understand “un poco” and could speak even less, we quickly reverted to English. She kindly encouraged me in my language-learning endeavors, and then we parted ways (with my teeth gleaming, of course). Man, I have loads of Spanish to learn!
